U.S. President Joe Biden holds a pen bearing his signature during a briefing on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Second Biden cyber executive order directs agency action on fed security, AI, space A draft obtained by CyberScoop would give the sitting president a short window to sign it before his exit. By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Law enforcement action deletes PlugX malware from thousands of machines Cybercrime By Greg Otto
(Graphic by Emma Whitehead / Photo: Gage Skidmore) Trump and others want to ramp up cyber offense, but there’s plenty of doubt about the idea Cybersecurity By Tim Starks Mark Pomerleau
Fancy Bear spotted using real Kazak government documents in spearpishing campaign By Derek B. Johnson
The US Department of State building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP) State Department’s disinformation office to close after funding nixed in NDAA The Global Engagement Center, which tracks and exposes foreign disinformation narratives in foreign countries, will see its authority to operate expire Dec. 24. By Derek B. Johnson
The NSO Group company logo is displayed on a wall of a building next to one of their branches in the southern Israeli Arava valley near Sapir community centre on February 8, 2022. NSO Group currently has 39 legal cases against it due to the fallout around its Pegasus spyware product. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) Legal barriers complicate justice for spyware victims By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Exclusive: Feds are probing 764, The Com’s use of cybercriminal tactics to carry out violent crimes By Greg Otto Jana Winter
Broken RGB screen close-up with a missing pixel on the bottom right. (Getty Images) Zero trust: How the ‘Jia Tan’ hack complicated open-source software By Christian Vasquez
Want to scale cyber defenders? Focus on AI-enabled security and organization-wide training By Jay Bhalodia
Palo Alto Networks’ Eric Trexler talks how AI is affecting cybersecurity planning By Scoop News Group
Scoop News Group Graphic Tackling AI-powered threats with zero trust and least privilege access By Scoop News Group
Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. (Getty Images) Microsoft moves to disrupt hacking-as-a-service scheme that’s bypassing AI safety measures
A view of the commission’s hearing room before a hearing at the Federal Communications Commission in 2017. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) FCC moves to tighten industry reporting rules for robocalls
In a post published Wednesday, watchTowr Labs CEO Benjamin Harris and researcher Aliz Hammond said they have successfully identified entry points into thousands of live backdoors being used by hackers through the interconnected infrastructure they leave behind. (Image Source: Getty Images) Malicious hackers have their own shadow IT problem
National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr., speaks at CyberTalks in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 30, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo) National Cyber Director Harry Coker looks back (and ahead) on the Cyber Director office
Google smart home devices were demonstrated during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images) White House launches cybersecurity label program for consumers
(GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images) Android patches several vulnerabilities in first security update of 2025
Tenable CEO Amit Yoran speaks Oct. 18, 2017 at CyberTalks in Washington, D.C. (CyberScoop) Tenable CEO Amit Yoran dies at 54
The sun flares over the headquarters of the U.S. Treasury on Jan. 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) U.S. sanctions take aim at Chinese company said to aid hackers’ massive botnet
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel attends the Paley International Council Summit at Paley Museum on Nov. 8, 2022 in New York City. Rosenworcel spoke with CyberScoop about her tenure as FCC Chair, which will end Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) Exit interview: FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel discusses her legacy on cybersecurity, AI and regulation
U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that the Russian government’s efforts were largely in support of Trump while Iranian influence efforts were primarily targeted towards helping the electoral chances of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. (Image Source: Getty Images) US sanctions Russian, Iranian groups for election interference
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